Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-07 | Page 6 | Just Folks

Just Foll Folks s By Edgar A. A Guest CAMPAIGN WISE VISE MEN JIEN It is strange about my grocer I Iwas Iwas I. I was sure he knew his tea And his sugar and hrs his onions but butI I never dreamed that he Was a scientist and scholar stocked with all aU the loro lore of man man And could settle every problem till this campaign time began began began be be- gan But today w while ile buying apples I was backed against the ane wall where I l' had to stand and listen listen- and I found he knows it all allI I had always thought my barber had an ordinary mind One for shaving and for clipping hair most perfectly designed designed de- de deJ J signed But I find him so much wiser now the campaign booms along For he took an hour this mornIng mornIng morn morn- ing just to tell teU me what is wrong He has Very fixed opinions on all matters grave and smalL smaIL Elder EIder statesmen should consult I him f for r Ill I'll swear he knows it all aIL allI aILI I have six or seven relations who are little known to fame But each one could run the nation nation na na- na- na tion if it the call caU to do so eo came Now the campaign fir fires are ragIng rag rag- ing lag and at times they visit me I am forced to sit and listen meekly yes and patiently While they tell telI with calm assurance assurance assur assur- assurance ance why great statesmen rise and fall falI And theres there's nothing I can answer an an- since since they seem to know it all Cop Copyright ight 1936 Edgar A A. A Guest